Appauled at the "Road Rage" articles.

I absolutly cannot believe someone would go to the lengths to follow someone into a parking lot and punch them in the face for driving too slow...especially a 79 year old man. If that were my father, or my grandfather I would be raging mad. Think of what a person is cabable of, if they are capable of punching a 79 year old man in the face? Seems like a kind of guy that would abuse animals and not think twice about it.

I will be on the lookout for that green van and the man with the sandy blonde hair...and if I see HIM in a parking lot, I'll give him a swift kick in the 'man junk'. And if I see the van on the road, the police are definatly being called, I hear they are looking for the person responsible.

ARGGGG just had to vent...I couldn't believe this. What is the human race coming to?

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I read that article with total disgust. What on earth is this world coming to that someone would follow that elderly man and punch him in the face all for going to slow. I hope they are able to track him down and find him. I am sure there will be a lot of people out there looking for him.

I too read that article in disgust. I just find it hard to believe that with a "witness" no one got a tag number, unless there were noe of course. The article doe snot state that. I neve rheard about the lady at Kroger, which is scary at best.

I remember one time I was sitting at the 278/46 light and there was this guy in a minivan behind me. Well it's a natural instinct to look in your mirror to see what is behind you. Apparently he didn't like this too much and promtly starting swearing and making hand gestures. Naturally this made me concerned causing me to only look more. Thankfully he didn't get out or try to rear end me, but I've never forgotten the minivan or the guys face.

I feel horrible for the elderly man. I don't understand how someone could hit another person because they were driving too slow. It amazes me how people get so angry on the road today. The road has become a scary place.

Several years ago my (age 22 at the time) husband was followed by a much older man who was probably in his 50's or 60's all of the way down to the south end of the island from Bluffton. Supposedly, my husband cut him off and it [filtered word] the other driver off enough to follow him for 30 minutes. They finally came to a stop light where this older man jumped out of his car and punched my husband in the face. (my husband had his window down)He didn't injure my husband at all but it amazes me that someone would let such a minor annoyance bring them to comitting violence against another person. Unfortunately, this kind of thing happens all of the time. I'm sure many cases aren't even reported.

Yeah, yeah, everyone talks about 'escalating violence'; but the surest way to keep violence ongoing and escalating is to let these sleazeballs get away with this kind of crap over and over again, escalating more and more, and the more they can avoid responsibility. What happens the next time someone unwittingly [filtered word] off this guy - in another vehicle, at another time? and the next? How long has he been getting away with this type of behavior?

I guarantee you that a certain carload of drunks that tried to run me off of Highway 278 think twice about doing that to a 'helpless woman' now, after I pulled out my pistol and aimed it in their direction.

And another thing - a gun will hold a perpetrator in place until the police are called. Less wear and tear on the clothing and skin if someone had seen that happen, and tried to tackle the guy to keep him from leaving.

to come and pretend that I am 79 years old, then make an attempt to slug me in the face. I am sure you won't get very far with this attempt, because I was always taught to get a bigger stick if I could not defend myself. I do believe I would have the means available to do what would be necessary in defending myself, and maybe give the Coroner some work to do if it became necessary. So don't bully these old folks about meet and greet folks your on age.

South Carolina is one of those States where you have the right to defend yourself, even use deadly force. If this 79 year old had shot this fellow between the eyes, that would have been justice. Problem with the Police handling this case is that the man would only be charged with simple assault, pay a fine of $248.00, and laugh about it.

But if Don Corleone explained things to this jerk, or if he had maybe assaulted the right person, you can believe that his career would be over. Let's all look for this van. It's out there somewhere.
LB

I feel so badly for this man. This doesn't surprise me. I have been reading much as of late comparing 278 to expressways in the north. Well, this is not an expressway in the north! I do not speed but do not drive slowly either. I am constantly being pushed in the back while pick up trucks whiz around me and gang up on each other tailgating while moving at a far too fast speed. As citizens, just what can we do??? I continue to say that 278 would be a much safer road if the speed limit was lowered (sorry if that upsets some of you) and speeders are made to pay for their speeding. Someone needs to accept responsibility for 278 and patrol it removing offenders or at least making them less dangerous to others. his poor old guy has a right to drive on this road as well as anyone else. We need to feel safer in getting from one place to another.

After looking at the guys in the photo, the guy who hit the old guy could be like them. My experience with many body builders is that they have a chip on their shoulders and a short fuse. They depend on intimidation for a defense. Their narcissism about their bodies could have been from an unfortunate earlier experience and they don't want to get caught short again, but muscle is no good unless there has been some martial training, even in the military. We had a 5'4", 140 pound instructor in the army and he managed to throw nearly all of the guys, regardless of size.

Any steroids would add to the short fuse. I've had three past employees built like the guys in the photo and they were so short of temper and defensive that I couldn't keep them.

One good feature about the oriental martial arts is to avoid violence except to defend yourself. It also usually includes lessons on anger management. Oriental martial arts do not have to have a build like the guys in the photo.

This was such a sad story to me, maddening too but I was most upset by the description of the man's reaction. That he was 'trembling and devastated' breaks my heart. I just want to tell him that we are all with him and hate that this happened to him. It shouldn't happen to anyone. When they catch the psycho loser that did this, they should excessively throw the book at him as an example to every other psycho on the road that cannot hold their temper.

FOLLOW UP:!! So I got all excited today thinking I found the guy at Walgreens. I parked right across from a teal green van that looked like it was repainted. I was all ready to rumble! But I took a closer look at the van, and saw that it DID have back windows, where the description in the paper said it only had front windows. darn. Kepp looking Bluffton!!!

But I constantly see letters to the editor, vox comments, and blogs about people driving too slow or in the wrong lane or whatever. As if 278 is a Nascar speedway.

This guy is obviously one of them types. You know. Trailer trash, redneck, nascar wannabes that can't drive any better than that father/son duo that couldn't drive well enough to stay alive in their so called sport.

Everybody condemns that sort of person. But how many of us extend common courtesy to our fellow motorits?

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